電動

See also: 电动

Chinese

		electric; electricity; electrical	to move; to change; to use to move; to change; to use; to act
trad. (電動)		電	動
simp. (电动)		电	动

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diàndòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): din⁶ dung⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tiān-tōng / tiān-tǒng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): diang⁶ dong⁶ / diêng⁶ dong⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diàndòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diàndòng
    • Wade–Giles: tien⁴-tung⁴
    • Yale: dyàn-dùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dianndonq
    • Palladius: дяньдун (djanʹdun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: din⁶ dung⁶
    • Yale: dihn duhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: din⁶ dung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: din⁶ dung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːn²² tʊŋ²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiān-tōng
    • Tâi-lô: tiān-tōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diexndong
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɛn³³⁻²¹ tɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tiɛn²²⁻²¹ tɔŋ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɛn³³⁻¹¹ tɔŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiān-tǒng
    • Tâi-lô: tiān-tǒng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɛn⁴¹⁻²² tɔŋ²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: diang⁶ dong⁶ / diêng⁶ dong⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tiăng tŏng / tiĕng tŏng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiaŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ toŋ³⁵/, /tieŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ toŋ³⁵/

Adjective

電動

1. (attributive) electric-powered; electrically powered; electric; power-operated; electromotive

   電動汽車／电动汽车  ―  diàndòng qìchē  ―  electric car

   電動輪椅／电动轮椅  ―  diàndòng lúnyǐ  ―  electrically powered wheelchair

   電動代步車／电动代步车  ―  diàndòng dàibùchē  ―  mobility scooter

Synonyms

• (Taishanese) 行電／行电

Derived terms

• 電動刮鬍刀／电动刮胡刀
• 電動剃鬚刀／电动剃须刀
• 電動勢／电动势 (diàndòngshì)
• 電動機／电动机 (diàndòngjī)
• 電動牙刷／电动牙刷 (diàndòng yáshuā)
• 電動玩具／电动玩具 (diàndòng wánjù)
• 電動縫衣機／电动缝衣机
• 電動自行車／电动自行车 (diàndòng zìxíngchē)
• 電動車／电动车 (diàndòngchē)
• 電動馬達／电动马达

 

See also

• (not to be confused with) 電子／电子 (diànzǐ)

Noun

電動

1. (chiefly Taiwan) Short for 電動玩具／电动玩具 (diàndòng wánjù, “video game”).

   打電動／打电动  ―  dǎ diàndòng  ―  to play video games

Japanese

Kanji in this term
電	動
でん Grade: 2	どう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

電(でん)動(どう) • (dendō) 

1. being powered by electricity, being electric

Korean

Hanja in this term
電	動

Noun

電動 • (jeondong) (hangeul 전동)

1. hanja form^? of 전동 (“being electrically-powered”)

Vietnamese

Hanja in this term
電	動

Adjective

電動

1. chữ Hán form of điện động (“electromotive”).